@Jon_Mackenzie isnt there a lack of quality now where players are attempting mostly 5yard passes and not capable of playing the ball through the lines player like scholes or modric could do more in one pass to open up defences than odegaard and co playing 500 passes
@Jon_Mackenzie you are an idiot arent you.showing modrics comp & trying to make a point about scholes.he was playing as central midfielder in 09 & was perfectly capable of setting the tempo when utd had the ball.speed of passing switching etc.odegaard plays higher and doesnt have killer pass
@Airtel_Presence hey airtel im trying to get disconnection for DTH connection one of the worst service providers no response on complaints through dms its been 2 months
@airtelindia hey airtel after numerous complaints i see issues with disconnection of dth and being charged multiple times..nothing short of a scam and call centre number unreachable..
@AcademyScoop @AmorimEra_ Ekitike doesnt have the physicality..he would need 1-2 seasons to bulk up and experience the league..not a 100mn player. i havent seen him score headers. even sancho was quick in bundesliga
hey @GNev2 just shut up hope you are banned from commentary and stop working for every fucking media..goto the ppl who employed you in your career nd now as task force why there is debt of 1bn nd no players signed in the window.
this should be a red card.. not even an arsenal fan but i could see the referee trying to look away whenever city fouled anyone @BernardoCSilva worst player in the league biggest cheat always tackles to injure players someone should put him in the stands
Some thoughts on a very serious discussion that must be had, why there should be protests and why people should consider cancelling @SkySportsPL
A lot of focus around #MUFC right now on the January transfer window -- RKM, Nuno Mendes, Rashford, Casemiro, Antony and so forth.
🔺But does it even matter? Because when PGMOL treats United the way it does -- regardless how a team plays, you can't expect it to compete, right?
Take Michael Oliver as an example. He has worked 10 games with Manchester United the last 3 seasons (not 100%, stats for referees on VAR is a bit hard to come by, but as far as I can tell), during those 10 games he has awarded 5 penalties against Manchester United, non for them, and 1 red card to MUFC, and non to its opponent. Of all penalties he has awarded during 3 seasons, 25% are against United and 0% to United, red cards are around 18% to United. In perspective, with the benchmark being "5%" (1 in 20) -- that is a statistical deviation of 500% and and 360% respectively.
The -- two -- VAR interventions for penalties he has made against United are both absurd, and not even remotely close to the standard 'clear and obvious error', with Rasmus soft pull on Rodri's shoulder during a corner being the other besides the one against West Ham which must be the most absurd one in the history of the PL. Meanwhile, he has on almost a handful of occasions been behind completely absurd non-calls that would have given a penalty for United, its not just the Romero one.
Looking at yellow cards given for dissent -- he had when I checked in February 2024 given more than 70% of all yellow cards he had given to protesting players in all games reffed -- to United players. That is a statistical deviation of 1,400%. Oliver gave Amad another yellow for "dissent" on Saturday, when Amad after Martinez had scored kicked the ball bouncing towards him from the netting, back towards the goal. A yellow card? Sure, you could argue that, but this is a ref that don't give yellow cards for these things (or to be fair, didn't when I checked the 23/24 season, it takes a lot of work to follow up on this since you must check all event logs from the games he worked, and on the occasions the reason for a caution is not listed in the event log, you must check the actual game).
Over the course of a season, this cost United what, 10-15 pts? That is an absurd amount of pts.
🔺 In addition to the above, the referee in question carries the piquant attribute that he didn't see a problem in accepting very well paid side-gig from an owner of another PL team, Manchester City, so he did just that.
So that -- in combination with the referee displaying what must be perhaps the most undeniable and clear bias from a referee on the pitch in the PL ever -- surely must create a dream situation for the media covering the league who loves juicy stories? Nope, the Athletic, the Guardian and a bunch of others briefly covered the issue of Oliver working for City's owner, but I haven't seen a word mentioned about that since it happened.
🔺And this is surely the root of the issue. Because when Arsenal or Liverpool or Newcastle get a questionable call against them -- it is covered by the media for ages.
The journalists tied to the club covers the call from a club friendly perspective, and main stream media picks it up. Just check for yourself, take a controversial situation, like Pope's red card, Arsenal's all situations -- and check what the local correspondents of BBC or the Athletic or Sky or any of the newspapers are writing. And there are endless articles on it with a clear message criticizing the call. Besides the West Ham call -- do the same with United, and you can barely find a word written about them.
When a questionable call is made against United -- you are happy to get a replay, and on most occasions you don't even get that.
Above, there is a lot of focus on Oliver. But its not just him, when you check stats for penalties awarded for and against per touches in the penalty area (perhaps the most consistent stat/litmus test for refereeing) United is in the bottom for pens awarded and at the top for penalties given against a team (i.e. among the worst in both). Looking at the outcome of "VAR reviews" is very questionable since it seems completely arbitrary what gets reviewed or not -- but United is of course at the top for goals called off the last 3 years, penalties awarded against the club, etc.
Why? It never costs a referee a thing to make a controversial call against United. There will be no headlines. And to be brutally honest, not even the "fan base" cares. We know before a game is played that a referee will step in and decide it, it happens, and what does the fan do? A few angry tweets?
🔺And Sky is the worst, they not only systematically sweep these calls under the carpet, when its too obvious even for them to ignore, they bring on a hired hand to -- without exception -- justify the referee's call. Its clearly systematical and done with intent. You know you get "clicks"/viewings.
Note that the reason Sky can do this -- the reason Sky owns the PL rights and can assign so many journalists to cover it -- is your money. In fact, with United having the biggest fan base and drawing the highest viewership numbers -- nobody funds Sky's sabotage of United more than fans of United.
Could you even talk about this sabotage by Sky being criminal? In practice, its of course absurd, but in theory, it is clear that both situations would be blatantly criminal, with the only difference really lying in that one of them typically would be very easy to prove with CCTV footage etc and the other probably being practically impossible to prove. You can't willfully completely misrepresent something in public -- which we all know that Sky is doing -- knowing that it will damage someone else, just because it draws more clicks. Just like you can't smash someone else's window for whatever reason.
What can United fans do? If Sky covered these things fairly -- you would for example not see Oliver working United's games. I can't see why any Manchester United fan has any moral obligation to subscribe to Sky. Cancel it. Regardless what the club does on and off the pitch -- you can't compete in the PL being as tight as it is, if you are minus 15 pts or whatever in the table each season before it even starts.
@AcademyScoop @ronaldobrown_98 why give him the attention he is one of the worst “analysts” on this app, always biased and posts many times without watching matches properly. hes the one who knows best noone else knows anything about the game
@DalotDiogo learn how to pass first and use your brain while playing, always giving interviews like you are the best, and play like an i***t,give up goals..just running in straight lines doesnt help
One of the worst players ever to play for the club survives every transfer window and many similar players in the squad who just keep making errors and survive like a leech #ManUtd
@misrab@SwedishRumble brother managers could sign only 3 players per summer window before this one..utd plug one gap in the squad and rest remains it will be 2-3 windows under inoes to build a proper squad not 30+ age commercial signings..there will be pain to change..patience reqd #manutd
@Pschmeichel1 you are absolutely pathetic along with @themichaelowen hope ten hag proves you wrong on all levels if you felt so betrayed you should have worked hard to become the manager of the football club..just taking money from media to spread negativity
@EBL2017 one of the worst analyst accounts ..marcos silva had no answer to the probs created by utd ..will be frustrated for sure..you should being an analyst coz you are no good
@umirf1 brother stick to being a doctor analysis isnt your game..when you at it from a screen it may look like fifa but in real life things are harder to do🤮for your opinions
@WeAreTheOverlap only reason i miss the shows is presence of jamie carragher..hate how he is so biased, covers up everything liverpool and questions every other team with logic